Undergarment for women&#39;s wear



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UNDERGARMENT FOR WOMENS WEAR Filed May 23, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 3, 1934 1,965,041

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE UNDERGARMENT FOR WOMENS WEAR Rosamond Lilian Kennedy, London, England Application May 23, 1932, Serial No. 613,034 In Great Britain June 29, 1931 Claims. (Cl. 2-30) .This invention relates to undergarments for which is passed the connecting strap E.of the women's wear of the kind comprising at least two brassiere.

pieces or garments one of which may be a bras- In Fig. 2 the slider S is at the bottom of the siere or bust bodice designed to support the fastening and the toothed stringers F are sepa- 5 breasts and another body corset or belt. Other rated. 0

garments such for example as knickers may be In Fig. 3 slider S has been drawn up to the top combined th these t as d ir d, of the fastening device thus interlocking the According to the present invention a ccznbinatoothed stringers. tion garment comprises one part provided with To protect the wearers back from chafing by a flexible fastening device of the well known type the fastening device a strip K is provided on the comprising a pair of stringers having interlockinterior of the garment, said strip being provided ing teeth or the like which are locked and unwith a hook M which can be engaged Wi eye N locked by a slidable locking element (herein f r s uring strip K inp wh the fast is termed a slider) and another part connected to Closed.

15 the slider in such a manner that the action of To don the combined garm ts the w a first donning the latter part of the garment autoputs on the corset A with the fastening F open matically moves the slider to close the fastenand then places the bust bodice B1 in posiing d vi tion. When the shoulder straps D, D of the bust h invention may b applied i numerous ways bodice are placed over the shoulders as shown in 20 to various combinations of garments. One ar- Fig 3 a p is pa te through the Connecting rangement to which it may be applied very adstrap E to the slider S which is thereupon drawn vantageously is that described in the specification D t the t p of the corset and closes the fasten- -of my application filed 29th July 1930 Serial No. 471,479 in which a bust bodice is provided n taking Off he garments the hook M is first t a strap joining t outer ends of a pair of detached from the eye N, the bust bodice is then go t supports d passed through a loop on th removed and the corset fastening will then in upper edge of t k portion of a body most cases open by itself from the outward presor tsure of the body, or the slider may be pulled down- One way of applying the present invention to Wards y a d.

30 this combination is hereinafter described with The fastening y be ed at a other refe enc to the accompanying drawings of part of the corset and a suitable connection made which:- to the bust bodice such that the slider will op- Fj g 1 shows th combined garment as worn erate on donning the bust bodice. It will further h i d from th front be apparent from the foregoing description that 35 Figs. 2 and 3 show the same as viewed from the invention may readily be pp to a the back, the sliding fastening being open in 1iety of Combinations of rments. Fig. 2 and closed in Fig. 3. What I Clalm Fig. 4 is a fragmentary detail view showing the A Combination garment Comprising a brassliding fastening as seen from the inner side of sire including shoulder Straps, a lower garment 40 t garment attached in front to said brassire, a slidable Ref i to the I closure fastener for said lower garment and a The Combined garment comprises a corset A connection between the brassiere and the slidand breast pockets or supports B B1 which are able closure fastener adapted to close the latter joined in front to the corset at C To the upper on placing the shoulder straps in position on the shoulders.

corners of the breast pockets in front are at- F tached shoulder straps D, D, said shoulder straps if gg figg gigggfigtgiTgfifg g gi being attached at the back to the Outer extrem tached in front to said brassiere, a slidable closure ties G, G1 of the pockets These Outer fastener at the back of the body belt and contl'emities G, are joined by a connecting Strap nections between the rearward ends of the shoul- 105 E provided with length adjusting devices der straps and the slidable closure fastener adapt- The corset A is Provided at the back with 8 ed to close the latter on placing the shoulder sliding fastening device of the well known type straps in position on the shoulders. comprising toothed stringers F and a slider S. 3. A combination garment comprising a bras- 55 The slider S is provided with a loop L through siere, shoulder strapstherefor, a corset attached 10 placing the shoulder straps in position on the shoulders.

5. A combination garment comprising a brassiere, shoulder straps therefor having their rearward ends attached to the free ends of the brassiere, a corset attached in front to said brassiere, a slidable fastening at the back of said corset comprising interlockable teeth and a sliding member and connections between the rearward ends of the shoulder straps and said sliding member adapted to close the fastening on placing the shoulder straps in position on the shoulders.

ROSAMOND LILIAN KENNEDY. 

